Sidho-Kanho-Birsha University is a public state university in Purulia, West Bengal, established in 2010 under West Bengal Act XII of 2010. The university was created to broaden higher-education access in a region with a substantial rural and tribal population and was named in honour of Sidho Murmu, Kanho Murmu and Birsa Munda, figures remembered for resistance to colonial rule and the defence of indigenous communities. Its statutory objectives include teaching, training, research, dissemination of knowledge and the promotion of indigenous languages, culture, local art and craft. The university functions as both a teaching and affiliating institution and has developed postgraduate and research activity across arts, social sciences, science and commerce. Academic subjects include Bengali, English, history, philosophy, political science, economics, Sanskrit, Santali, Kudmali, anthropology and tribal studies, education, geography, chemistry, botany, mathematics, computer science, environmental science, commerce and business-related areas. The presence of Santali, Kudmali and tribal studies gives the university a distinctive regional academic role and aligns with its founding emphasis on local language and cultural knowledge. The university also oversees affiliated colleges in Purulia and supports undergraduate curriculum development under contemporary higher-education frameworks. Research activity is reflected in faculty publications, doctoral programmes, projects and emerging institutional research platforms. The main campus is located in Purulia, where the university has gradually expanded academic, library and administrative infrastructure since its establishment. Sidho-Kanho-Birsha University’s identity therefore combines a conventional multidisciplinary state-university role with commitment to the educational and cultural needs of western West Bengal, particularly communities whose languages, histories and social experiences are central to the region. Its founding vision connects higher education with the preservation and advancement of indigenous culture, making local languages more than peripheral subjects. By combining mainstream postgraduate disciplines with tribal studies and regional-language scholarship, the university creates space for research that reflects the social realities and cultural memory of Purulia.